the, the, you're watching dw noticed coming to live from berlin, turkey's main opposition party switch to unexpected victory and local elections. but below for turkey's president ridge of type out a want as, as rivals make huge gains across the country. their biggest victory since the other one came to power 2 decades ago. also in the program, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejects calls from tens of thousands of protesters for him to resign. he says early elections withholding benefits for months and high times as new cannabis laws come into effect in germany as marijuana smokers celebrate. we look at what the partial legalization means and why

some part against the hello. i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. turkeys president, richard type 31 and his conservative a k party of suffered a major blow in local elections, turkeys, main opposition party. the secular c h. b claims victory in key cities including is tumble and the capital anchor at one called the set back a loss of altitude and said his party would analyze the message that people had given him. the boats are seen as a bell, whether of support for the president, after 20 years and power by position supporters is done, boots are painting the town, read, celebrating the main opposition. c h. b, 's spectacular victories in local election is across the, the,

the secular bodies use it as a sign that it's still stand. the jones at the national level against the ruling e k. parking these election results have been a response to the a k t regimes repression to what they've done to the economy and the social structure of this contract. and that's why i'm very happy now for my country was under general. do not to do. we were very disillusioned of the last 2 years to know where the elections, but now being here celebrating with people being able to tear. we really miss these kind of feelings. we are very happy. and so is the mind of the hour. is done by mayor efram and my model. this is his 2nd victory in doki is mega city. a memorial has achieve superstar status and douglas politics. put him on the bottom nation of our many see him as president,

are the ones chief arrival. he stumbled a box on the nation itself gives the order and the instructions to not just one person. the officials receive instructions from the nation and about the period of one man. rule is over. as of today, it is done causes the republic and democracy can go full speed ahead from now on how to set a check with adults mom the was defeat thought or the one in his in cape poverty in more than 2 decades in power. the president had thrown everything at winning as dunbar. talk economic and political, the bible house, he conceded the last at his bodies headquarters and, and got a whole year mistake. his mindset is really sort of the mean. we will not disrespect a nation's decision, but under any circumstances,

as me let that we will stay away from being stopping with the nice, the acting against the nations will be let and questioning the nation's discretion . well, good as we have done since today, you know, like through all those do not march 31st is not the end for us. it is actually a turning point to the just on but it was wet or the one launched has bought it to go courier as me or 2 years ago. know many sees potentially challenger following in his footsteps as we saw, one of the big winters in the elections was assembled there. efram in a little i asked, i did this get to the professor of international relations? it's a bunch of university. what a memorial is victory means for president other one. well, this means that she most probably has a major challenge of the him for the next presidential rains,

which will most likely take place in 2028. it also means that in his family he has lost to the opposition to him. i'm only impressed and for the 3rd time now you know, rose after the 2 consecutive defeats in 2019 i. it also shows that here you have a ton to the, to can have both of not just the core may not position constituency, but also the position function segment from the curve to the democrats to the lift road to the center, right? so he cannot see that this is a very good segment of typical design. talk to us about what voters were concerned about in this selection. what topics do the opposition do particularly well with in the selection or? well, i think the economy was the number one concern because the economy has been doing much was even before the elections of past year. that is the presidential and

parliamentary race of 2023. so of the economy because of the cannot make prices with sales much more strongly across the technical publics. the inflation rates have been very high, unemployment has been rising. so this is of course, an important i would say the primary concern that also you had of course, bad management by the a t p, right, both of the center but also in the local level. and it's not just the failings of the a t p, but i believe that the main opposition was particularly successful in terms of putting out the right candidates in the right places. and also in performing well in places where they were actually the income that was when they were offices in offices and assembled and you know, cut out in particular so these were local elections, but do they tell us something about the political landscape of turkey as a whole to yes they do,

that's the full they show that you can never take victory for granted and tacky. that things can change very, very quickly when you are perhaps pleased expecting it. and also they go to show that this is the message of the electra to angela, says they are not happy with the way in which the country is being governor. and i think he made it very clear and exceed yesterday that he got this message. and that's why he's not going to have it on the elections that you will work and forwarding me to when the next general election, which is to come in 4 years time. but it's basically, i would say also to show that the tufty show position 10 is still succeed even given the very on the nature of the election landscape. so i think this is very, very important. i mean, we should not assume that these elections were fair. in fact, the people who are playing field was high skews in favor of the incumbent. and yet

still the opposition made it. and i think that's also an important important finding or end result. professor, thank you very much for your analysis. that was professor sent him i didn't do is get from is a bunch of university and is simple. thank you. a sketch up on a few other stories making headlines today for taiwanese president. my issue is heading to china for an 11 day trip at a time of height, intentions between badging and type pay writers. news agency reports, he's likely to meet with chinese pros and shooting pin. the last math at a summit in singapore, in 2015, 8 people have been killed in the shooting in ecuador, no group is claimed responsibility for the attack. the 2nd mass killing and as many days on friday, 5 tourists were killed in an by and by an armed group. police said drug traffickers must have been for revival game. and these rules,

military says its troops of withdrawn from guns. as else chief a hospital. these are the latest images from the scene where is really forces have spent the last 2 weeks, the claim to have found weapons and other valuable intelligence and say scores of from us and other militant fighters have been killed during what they describe as a successful military operation meanwhile inside is real, demands are growing for the resignation of israel's prime minister. after more protests on sunday demonstrators in jerusalem clashed with police during march is calling for benjamin us and yahoo to go. they also demanded for that's more be done to secure the release of hostages still being held in gaza. the huge crowd blocked roads and lit fires as they marched towards is really part of this. and you know, who has rejected any criticism of his handling of ceasefire negotiations and

israel's war against a most the 10s of thousands gathered in jerusalem for the beginning of a, for the rally. it's the largest anti government demonstration since the october 7 terrorist attack many are fed up with the failure to secure the release of hostages, held by him off among other things, and are calling for an early election. so what i'm doing here is trying to change the government because this government is a complete and utter failure. and the only way they will do this into the abyss that will never come out though, faced with increasing pressure to resign, is rarely prime minister benjamin netanyahu standing his ground. okay, you want to pay a lot of calls for elections now during the war right before a victory would paralyze israel for at least a half a year. it would paralyze the negotiation for the release of our hostages and it would end the war before its objectives. are completed,

the 1st one to benefit from this would be how much you have from us keeping up the military pressure. coupled with quote, flexibility in the negotiations is netanyahu's plan to secure the hostages release . a key part of that plan is ralph of israel's planned operation. there has sparked international concerns warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. but and then yeah, who insist israel will go ahead but it's plan. that's what it is. we will go into rough uh and eliminate the homeless battalions there. there will be no victory without the operation and rough uh, and there will be no victory without the elimination of the how most battalions there is the fighting goes on. israel's delegation has arrived in egypt for fresh. these fire talks that both sides have cast out on whether there will be break through this time. they say the gap between their positions is still too wide. the

dw correspondent rebecca rivers has more from jerusalem on what's driving the mass protest against prime minister netanyahu? well, there's a huge division of a net benjamin netanyahu and the government in israel. terry, many people, a majority of people want to see the government stepped down. they want to see benjamin netanyahu step down and take responsibility. largely, you know, many people blame him for the events that led out to october 7. they blame him for a poor handling of in the immediate aftermath of the attack on october 7. and they certainly blame him for the way that he's carried out these hostage negotiations and for a lack of progress on them. still more than a 100. and so is he hosted inside gulzar and no sign of a hostage do eminence. they say that he's putting his own personal political survival in front of the security and the safety of bringing home the hostages.

we're seeing the tensions rise and there was already a great division, a prior to october 7. and prior to this more breaking out, we see those tensions rise even with most of and now when you talk about people who, who have families and loved ones in side gaza, they're saying that, you know, this government is, isn't putting that as a top priority. and they want to see a change in the government now and even then. yeah, who coming out saying that, well, let me play in the hands to a mouse, but the protest is, and many people on the street saying that, you know, the country is already in paralysis. and as long as the hostages of the nothing is being done about it, we need to do something and elections could be one way of breaking that deadlock. okay, there's concern about the war itself, but they also understand there's another issue military service for ultra orthodox men that potentially has the, has the ability to bring down that and you know, who's government tell us more about that of the well, this is

a complex issue that again has been a long standing one in israel for decades, or since the countries since the country was found. the ultra orthodox man has had a tacit exemption from a military service. all the, you know, men and women have a compulsory conscription to the army for a 2 to 3 years when they finish high school. now as long as ultra orthodox men a go to you shave of these religious colleges that are exempt from that, but that hasn't been in move the letter of the movie that has been tested. exemption that has been extended by successive is riley governments now that life has the extension expired last night. meeting theoretically that from today also also document will need to join the army will be conscripted. that's unlikely to happen, of course, today, but there was a, a bill passed last week or sorry, of the high court room last week that funding to these issues would be held if

these, if there are men there that a dodging the draft. so that could start coming into play from today, and this is a hugely contentious issue here, as i say, particularly with what's happening and hundreds of thousands of reserves be cooled off in the fact that so many religious men are exempt from that. so inside the government, we're seeing both 2 sides to ultra orthodox policies. we've in benjamin netanyahu has a government that is saying that they will potentially pull out of the government if this exemption is not extended. we have all the right members of the government saying now potentially pull out should the exemptions be extended? so a very tenuous political situation for benjamin netanyahu at a very, very tense time. rebecca, thank you very much. that was our course bye to rebecca rivers in jerusalem. this is the gather style. schools have open for a new academic year, but only for boys with girls band from joining secondary level classes within 2 and

a half years have now passed since girls over the age of 12 were 1st band following the telephones rise to power. lawmakers have repeatedly promised girls would be re admitted, but the band remains in place with no explanation. another academic year gets under way in cost. a city in afghanistan, east spots physically having a mission amongst students who make their way to school goals once again, on notes aloud. since 2021 teenage girls and women have been banned from secondary schools and universities, making us can install in the only country what goals education has been outlawed off to elementary school. many of the boys here in this classroom would also like to see this little reversed listening lab. the we hope that the islamic emerick of afghanistan officials will open the school for the girls. beyond grade 60, no, there's not

a lot of we hope that ministers opened the doors to our sisters the the we ended the last the news that please let me joke. i see the go. so should be given that rights and is let me close because i'll do that. they should be allowed to add the huge up to school for guy. yeah, yeah. they should have advice because if assist is educated right, that she can educate the rest of her family that they know about that. so we hope see, education minister will reopen the schools that goes on june at that point. they who asks, in response, online educational tools for goals of surface to fit well, they can see the apartment space production company has looked to help by broad costing televised lessons and talks to screenings across afghanistan. this is the, these channels will mainly provide educational programs. the all day long we'll be showing educational video modules based on the outcomes school curriculum,

from the 5th grade to the final year. we put everything on video into languages who me on video. so do know some thoughts, not everybody who's able or allowed to access shows like these. a tele dental socrates have insisted that working on establishing a system that would allow goes to re attend schools under islamic low spots. that gets to the liver. so millions of goes across afghanistan, turning to classes like this one remains, the ultimate goal here in germany, a new law partially legalizing cannabis has come into effect at midnight. hundreds gathered in central end to celebrate the moment over. a teens can now possess up to 25 grams and probably for personal use and calls made up to 3 plants of home. but the legislation as its critics to point to health and law and order concerns. germany's conservative opposition say they'll revoke the law if they get back into

power. we smokers in germany are lighting up legally for the 1st time from april. first, many are celebrating kenzie, you know the pictures when kyle is out loud out to pester for the 1st time after winter. they jumped with joy. and of course that will be us at the beginning of april. but the new cannabis measures are only a partial legalization. so what do they mean exactly? adults over 18 in germany are now allowed to carry up to 25 grams of cannabis on them. they can smoke weed in public, but not within 100 meters of schools, sports facilities, or playgrounds. people can also grow up to 3 plants at home and store up to 50 grams of cannabis for personal use. for now, there won't be any shop selling it directly to customers. the only way to buy we legally will be through a so called kind of a social club membership, but only from july 1st. so it looks up on the social clubs can have up to $500.00

members, and they all actively participate in the kind of bas production for each individual member on the club control up to the suite plans and conducted produce the members monthly supply, which is the maximum of 50 grams, and then give it to the band. with it sooner than sign. in berlin, people hope of the new law will reduce the illegal market for the drug. make an assertion that's a good idea and all because it decreases the black markets, which is essentially the problem because people are buying stuff and they don't know what's in it. it's better to regulate, regulated the whole whole process then just to have a huge black margin. well, many in germany are celebrating. some have raise concerns about the legalize ation . well, police union say it will be hard to enforce regulations checks and penalties. doctors are worried that the new law sends the wrong message and plays down the dangers of cannabis use and the diction. well, earlier i spoke with christina,

look about this. she's the addiction and drug policy spokesperson in the german parliament for the liberal. if the party, which is part of the country's governing coalition, i asked her why her party back this law as well. yes, good morning with the kind of a slow we finally m, the policy of prohibition and repression of the last decades. we have seen that the, this kind of policy doesn't work out the costs we have. i'm still arising numbers on cannabis consumers. so we want to try another way. and we think that the criminalization and the nice vision the organization is the right way. well, there's someone argue that opens the gates instead of stops people from using it. this gets long. been argued that kind of is, is a gateway to harder drugs. is that not the case? no, that is actually not the case. there are new studies that confirmed that throughout

the, the international studies don't show that. so we think that the problem is the elicit market, the blank markets. consumers of kind of this as far as up to now to buy the account numbers on the listed market. and they don't know what kind of kind of business they have there. we see high t h t levels we see contaminated can numbers, which of which costs is really bad health problems. so we open up with the cannabis bill. we open up to legal ways to get cannabis, which is the home growing part of the growing together in kind of this class, which will take place from july 1st this year. now growing and consuming kind of as legally will be possible only for people 18 and older. you yourself have said that young people should not consume kind of, as i saw this on your website. but what kind of message do you think this law sends to children? and young people as well with

a bill that is in excess. now we do have prevention measures, we do have prevention campaigns, and we open up the talking about cannabis right now. talking about cannabis and the risks of cannabis consumption is kind of a taboo. and we want to break with that to do and yeah, open up for ways to help. also young people to seek for help to seek counseling and uh to seek uh, prevention metro. so i think we passed a good bill which combines the more modem, kenneth, this policy with a higher used consumer and health pro um health protection. so your party supported this, this law, all that is now been past your party wants to go further though with legal ization . the ftp wants to legalize commercial part production and the sale of it and

license shops in germany. how soon do you think that might become reality? it is true that the bill be past now is just the 1st step we're aiming to do with the 2nd step, which will be similar to the way we see in, in canada, with a controlled production and a selling throughout shops. we are still working on that, the minister of health promise that you will well give us a draft or at least some bullet points right after the passing of the kind of boost law. so we are still working on that and waiting for the minister of help to bring in the bullet points. christine looked to addiction and drug policy spokes person for the free democrats here in germany. thank you very much for talking with us. thank you. of scotland is famous for its stark rocky landscapes, but it was once rich in forests, across the country,

steps are being taken to bring back the woodlands and wild life of previous centuries. dw is bare, good, modest reports, not a 3, not the bush grows. and these barren hills and south in scotland, at least not yet. so you only to grab a fun thing. so yeah, they want to change that the 25 for the tiers from the scottish board as far as trust one to help loan to forest check about, you know, right. on top of a boat, that's a stick experience. that's fine. yeah. so that's the soft ground and denise not to give you a whole the right size with a tree bush in our vision is to make this into a nice to put. and so the chaise all around. holly latrice pieces you'd expect and the ground is good ground and the trees will do well here. it's supposed to look like it did thousands of years ago before people cut down the

forest for firewood and to gain past you. when i applied it, i feel like i get the feeling of the a mother i need to get arrived so i spell it and then wish it could grow out very strongly and half a heavy allies sort about. so i'm, it really, it's just this punting traces the i think is the best thing. ordinary people can do . it's so easy to do is just isn't investments in the future. really, a flaunting many thousands of saplings where she passed for centuries, munched up everything. but take some physical effort. this makes sense of purpose here, so this land won't be sold to the highest bidder in 20 years time. it will stay as it is in the neighboring valley. the boat, as far as truss has already planted around 750000 trees. since then, 20 species of the us have recycled as of many wide plants and hubs. and eco power

dies in the scale to choose. the volunteers hope it can serve as a model to regenerate many other valleys. up next eco africa looked at how to protect migratory birds in egypt. and thanks for watching the

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